Here you can find the source of getAction(JTextComponent target, Class
public static <T extends Action> T getAction(JTextComponent target, Class<T> aClass)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w . j av a2 s . com * Copyright 2008 Ayman Al-Sairafi ayman.alsairafi@gmail.com * Copyright 2011-2017 Hanns Holger Rutz. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License * at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import javax.swing.Action; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; public class Main { /** * Searches all actions of a JTextComponent for ab action of the given class and returns * the first one that matches that class, or null if no Action is found * * @return Action object of that class or null */ public static <T extends Action> T getAction(JTextComponent target, Class<T> aClass) { for (Object k : target.getActionMap().allKeys()) { Action a = target.getActionMap().get(k); if (aClass.isInstance(a)) { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T t = (T) a; return t; } } return null; } }